successive
🇬🇧 UK/sək'sesiv/🇺🇸 US/sәk'sesiv/
TOEFLB2
Definitions
adj.
Following one after another in an uninterrupted sequence
连续的;依次的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.successive generations历代;一代又一代
- 2.successive governments历届政府
- 3.on successive days连续数日
- 4.successive attempts一次又一次的尝试
Example Sentences
- 1.
The team won the championship for three successive years, breaking all previous records.
- 2.
Successive governments have failed to address the country's growing housing crisis.
- 3.
Each successive attempt brought the scientists closer to a breakthrough.